SIMPLICITY - Please! I want something that is simple!
A SharpReading programme is underwhelmingly easy to implement, lite on paper work but gets impressive results.
* start with a piece of text
* they unpack it
* you respond to what they come up with
A one page planning and assessment template is all you need. HABITS - What do habits have to do with becoming a better reader? . Learning to read is all about habitualising the use of mental strategies.
SharpReading ...
identifies the essential reading strategies a reader needs
teaches them systematically
provides lots of guided practice.
Like learning to ride a bike, you need a chance to 'get your balance'.
AUTONOMY - SharpReaders transfer the skills into their personal reading . The outcome of our instruction must be the independent and automatic use of these strategies or we are wasting our time.
SharpReaders...
know what the strategies are
have a plan of attack
are motivated to process text (not just read it)
ROUTINES - How do I teach and habitualise reading strategies? . Your routines (the way you interact with your learners) must be highly predictable so that the student is in control of the process.
SharpReaders...
know what to expect from every lesson
use the routines to explore strategies and get the
practice they need
transfer these routines into their own personal reading
PROGRESSIONS - How do I know what to teach? .
Click here to view our learning progression
Having a simple developmental progression clarifies the learning pathway for the student and the teacher and avoids the 'a bit of this and a bit of that' approach.
A SharpReader ...
knows exactly what they are working on and why
understands what mastery looks like and if they have
achieved it yet.
From classroom to classroom there is a common understanding of what reading instruction looks like.
SIMPLICITY - Please! I want something that is simple!
A SharpReading programme is underwhelmingly easy to implement, lite on paper work but gets impressive results.
* start with a piece of text
* they unpack it
* you respond to what they come up with
A one page planning and assessment template is all you need.
HABITS - What do habits have to do with becoming a better reader?
.
SharpReading ...
- identifies the essential reading strategies a reader needs
- teaches them systematically
- provides lots of guided practice.
Like learning to ride a bike, you need a chance to 'get your balance'.AUTONOMY - SharpReaders transfer the skills into their personal reading
.
SharpReaders...
ROUTINES - How do I teach and habitualise reading strategies?
.
SharpReaders...
- know what to expect from every lesson
- use the routines to explore strategies and get the
practice they needPROGRESSIONS - How do I know what to teach?
.
A SharpReader ...
- knows exactly what they are working on and why
- understands what mastery looks like and if they have
achieved it yet.From classroom to classroom there is a common understanding of what reading instruction looks like.